Walmart says that the program ended in mid-December, but that it held the price of the Abbott BinaxNOW kits at $14 through the holidays. The price increased to $19.88 on Tuesday for the two-test kits. At Kroger, the price of the two-test BinaxNOW antigen kits is now $23.99.
Many of the same epidemiologists who have breathed a sigh of relief over Omicron's relatively low death rate are anticipating that the next lineage might be much worse.
Most hospitalized patients are unvaccinated. But workers are also seeing people who were vaccinated against COVID-19 — but not boosted — filling beds faster than the hospital can discharge patients.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) -- At least two Rhode Island healthcare facilities have begun allowing workers who have tested positive for the coronavirus to continue treating patients, amid the ongoing pandemic and a medical staffing crisis.
The Florida governor gave his first press conference in weeks, railing against COVID mitigation measures like masking, which he erroneously claimed "hasn't worked period."
President Joe Biden will address the American public Tuesday about the omicron variant as COVID-19 cases continue surging to record levels following the holidays. Over one million cases were reported in the U.S. on Monday alone, although many of the cases were likely backlogged from the New Year's weekend.